As the spread of the new corona virus continues, the subcommittee created by experts will add four prefectures, Saitama, Chiba, Kanagawa, and Osaka, to the target areas of the emergency declaration, as well as five prefectures, Hokkaido, Ishikawa, Hyogo, Kyoto, and Fukuoka. We have applied priority measures such as prevention of spread to prefectures, and have approved the government's policy to extend the period from 2nd to 31st next month and to extend the deadline for declarations in Tokyo and Okinawa accordingly.
Government subcommittee 4 prefectures "declaration" added 5 prefectures "prevention of spread" application approval
2021-07-30T02:13:45.634Z
[NHK] As the infection of the new coronavirus continues to spread, a subcommittee created by experts will follow the four prefectures of Saitama, Chiba, Kanagawa, and Osaka as the target areas for the state of emergency ...
Source: nhk